Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 116 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
3. 3.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
20. 20.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
22. 22.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) a mobile number
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
37. 37.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email

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